New water restriction tariffs hit Cape Town: what you need to know

[Archer]

It will take only one major rainstorm over the catchment areas, sometime over the next 3 months, to save us from day 0. It's happened before in the late summer months and can happen again! We live in hope!

Reference April 2004 I think, which had upwards of 100mm rain

 

[f2wohf]

See "looting"

Anybody tried looting without water? By 40 degrees in the sun, it must be fun...

 

[Agent_Smith]

House breakings are going to change

"Open your safe, give us your water!"
"No, not the water! Take our jewellery, our money, our guns. Anything but our water!"

 

[zizo911]

Had a meeting with Helen Zille today, schools will have water trucked in and teachers will have our daily ration delivered to us.

 

[daveza]

Had a meeting with Helen Zille today, schools will have water trucked in and teachers will have our daily ration delivered to us.

Did she say where the water is sourced ?

 

[Gordon_R]

House breakings are going to change

LOL, we have a 2500l tank directly next to the fence. I can imagine some 'entrepreneur' drilling into the tank and 'liberating' the borehole water overnight...

 

[Gordon_R]

It will take only one major rainstorm over the catchment areas, sometime over the next 3 months, to save us from day 0. It's happened before in the late summer months and can happen again! We live in hope!

The first rainstorm will produce very limited runoff, due to the low soil moisture levels (unless its a flash-flood). Historically the dam inflows in the SW-Cape have lagged 4-6 weeks behind the start of the rainy season. Living in hope is fine, but you can't base rational decisions on that strategy...

 

[f2wohf]

LOL, we have a 2500l tank directly next to the fence. I can imagine some 'entrepreneur' drilling into the tank and 'liberating' the borehole water overnight...

#watermustfall

Or

#freethewater

Which one sounds better?

 

[Dave]

#watermustfall

Or

#freethewatee

Which one sounds better?

Who is thew atee? And why does he need freeing?

 

[daveza]

Western Cape schools update :

Water will be trucked into the WCape schools, DHL offered to help move the water. School teachers will get their personal daily ration also brought to them at school so they do not need to queue at the PODS (Points of Distribution)

There are 811 schools in the #Cape Town metro, 695 rural schools. There are 712,111 pupils in metro schools, 404,405 in rural areas and 32,000 teachers. WCED will get 20l ppp day at school, so 23M litres per day for schools is needed.

407 schools have boreholes but 99 of those aren’t functional. Only 58 have drinking water, 349 have non-potable water which can be used for fire safety and sanitation

1) where is the water coming from ?
2) so the kids get 20L at school, so they can only collect 5L at the collection points - how is that going to work ?

 

[Dan C]

Western Cape schools update :




1) where is the water coming from ?
2) so the kids get 20L at school, so they can only collect 5L at the collection points - how is that going to work ?

20L for just drinking.... eish. Some thirsty kids

 

[The_Right_Honourable_Brit]

Western Cape schools update :




1) where is the water coming from ?
2) so the kids get 20L at school, so they can only collect 5L at the collection points - how is that going to work ?

Technically you are right, but as identification at the water points will not be compulsory, I'm guessing they'll still collect 25L (or get the 25L through a proxy - i.e. parent).

 

[SauRoNZA]

Western Cape schools update :




1) where is the water coming from ?
?

Same place it always does.

Now it’s just controlled properly and not left up to consumers to ration themselves.

 

[daveza]

Same place it always does.

Now it’s just controlled properly and not left up to consumers to ration themselves.

So that's another drain on the resources, plus possibly an additional 20L per school kid.

And I thought we were worried about every drop.

 

[f2wohf]

So that's another drain on the resources, plus possibly an additional 20L per school kid.

And I thought we were worried about every drop.

The good thing is that there are so many kids not going to school because there are so many Afrikaans schools where they cannot go, it will save a lot of 20L per day.

I’ll find my way out.

 

[Mortymoose]

This is crazy, does the CoCt think that come the winter rainfall, all will be redeemed? Idiots should have been building Dsalt five years ago...

 

[xrapidx]

LOL, we have a 2500l tank directly next to the fence. I can imagine some 'entrepreneur' drilling into the tank and 'liberating' the borehole water overnight...

You joke - my pool is next to the road :/ In fact, if it gets bad - Google Maps is going to prove very useful to the guys wanting to liberate pools of their water.

 

[phant1m]

Was kinda hoping schools would close. Extra long holiday ^_^.

 

[DeathStrike]

Was kinda hoping schools would close. Extra long holiday ^_^.

and then the already deprived students will get a lower quality education or have to cram when schools reopen?

 

[Dan C]

and then the already deprived students will get a lower quality education or have to cram when schools reopen?

And missing out on water polo classes.